Building Skills for Tomorrow: Insights from the FSSC

03/11/2025•12.30 pm - 1.30 pm GMT

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Join us for an engaging Lunch and Learn webinar with the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC), featuring our Senior Strategy and Research Manager Karolina Pilcher in conversation with Claire Tunley, Chief Executive of the FSSC.

The FSSC is a leading industry body dedicated to improving skills, talent development, and workforce diversity across the financial services sector in the UK. They bring together businesses, government, and professional bodies to identify skills gaps, create innovative training programs, and champion initiatives that prepare the workforce for the future of financial services.

This interactive session is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about what the FSSC does, their role in shaping the future of skills in the financial services sector, and how we collaborate with them to drive positive change.

Why Attend?

Get to know the FSSC

Discover who the Financial Services Skills Commission are, their mission, and their impact on the industry. Get an understanding of the skills challenges the UK are facing and the importance upskilling has on the future of the finance industry.

See how we work together

Hear first-hand how our partnership with the FSSC helps to strengthen skills, inclusion, and growth within Jersey’s financial services.

Learn how to get involved

Find out how you can engage with the FSSC’s initiatives and contribute to shape the future skills agenda for Jersey.

If you have any questions, please contact our events team.

Speakers

Karolina PilcherSenior Strategy and Research Manager, Jersey Finance

Profile

Karolina joined Jersey Finance as Strategic Projects Manager in May 2016, becoming Senior Manager in 2017.

Karolina is a qualified chartered accountant and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Previous to Jersey Finance Karolina was an Advisory Manager with PwC in the Channel Islands where she has managed a number of consultancy projects including regulatory and AML related projects at financial services providers and worked on the design and implementation of a new operating model for one of the leading global providers of financial services to institutional investors.

Claire TunleyChief Executive, Financial Services Skills Commission

Prior to this role, Claire was Head of Skills at City of London Corporation leading on skills and talent policy. In this role, she was seconded to the Financial Services Skills Taskforce as the subject matter expert on skills; led the creation of a sector deal on apprenticeships between the Professional Business Services Council and government; worked with the Government Equalities Office to create an action-based guide on supporting women’s progression in the work place; and created an innovative partnership with local schools to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain a professional financial services qualification. Claire has worked in skills and economic development in both local and central government roles for more than 20 years. Claire is a member of the Institute of Leadership and Management and is a governor of a secondary academy located in an area of deprivation and is the nominated lead governor for careers.